Evidence in Context is designed to create a fully contextual understanding of the law of evidence. It contains two relatively detailed case files, quite similar to the material a trial lawyer may have as he or she approaches trial. The first file is a murder case where the issue is the identity of the killer and the defendant is the estranged husband of the victim. The second file is a civil action for defamation brought by a former employee against her very wealthy employer. The cases raise realistic and challenging issues in the law of evidence and allow for a critical assessment of that law. They are followed by over three hundred problems for class analysis and discussion. These problems address the full range of evidentiary issues.

Featured Authors

Robert P. Burns

Steven Lubet

Richard E. Moberly

Robert P. Burns

Robert P. Burns is the William W. Gurley Memorial Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of Law, where he has taught evidence, trial advocacy, procedure, and professional responsibility. He is the author of The Death of the American Trial (University of Chicago Press, 2009), A Theory of the Trial (Princeton University Press, 1999), and many articles. Students have voted him the Robert Childress Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence three times. He has litigated many civil and criminal cases through Northwestern’s Legal Clinic and has taught for NITA for over thirty-five years.

Steven Lubet

Steven Lubet is the Williams Memorial Professor of Law at Northwestern University, where he also directs the law school's award-winning Bartlit Center on Trial Advocacy. He is the author of several best-selling NITA books and case files, including Modern Trial Advocacy, as well as popular books such as Murder in Tombstone: The Forgotten Trial of Wyatt Earp and Lawyers' Poker: Fifty-Two Lessons that Lawyers Can Learn from Card Players. Professor Lubet is a nationally recognized expert in trial advocacy and legal ethics, having written a dozen books and over one hundred articles on all aspects of law practice.

Richard E. Moberly

Richard Moberly is the Interim Dean and the Richard & Catherine Schmoker Professor of Law at the University of Nebraska College of Law, where he teaches Evidence and courses related to Employment Law. His students have twice voted him Professor of the Year, and the University awarded him the College Award for Distinguished Teaching. He also has served as a faculty member for NITA litigation programs. Professor Moberly received his JD degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School and his BA degree, summa cum laude, from Emory University.